EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Arian Foster ran for 152 yards anda touchdown and the Houston Texans stayed unbeaten by defeating theNew York Jets for the first time in team history, 23-17 last night.After five weeks of the NFL season, only the Texans and AtlantaFalcons are sporting perfect records.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE: St. Louis 12 Washington 4 (series tied at 1-1)

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Washington Nationals are heading home forthe first postseason baseball game in the Nation's Capital since1933 all tied up at one game apiece with St. Louis. The defendingWorld Series champion Cardinals got two home runs from CarlosBeltran and Allen Craig and Daniel Descalso also went deep in theCards' 12-4 rout of the Nats yesterday.

AMERICAN LEAGUE: Baltimore 3 New York Yankees 2 (series tied at 1-1)

BALTIMORE (AP) - Rookie Wei-Yin Chen outpitched 40-year-old AndyPettitte, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New YorkYankees 3-2 last night to even their AL division series at one gameapiece. Game 3 of the best-of-five series will be held at YankeeStadium on tomorrow night.

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WEDNESDAY RESULTS - October 10

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NATIONAL LEAGUE:

St. Louis 8 Washington 0 (St. Louis lead series, 2-1)

San Francisco 8 Cincinnati 3 (series tied at 2-2)

WASHINGTON (AP)- The Washington Nationals are turning to lankysouthpaw Ross Detwiler in a must-win game today in the Nation'sCapital against St. Louis. The Cardinals took a 2-1 series lead byblanking the Nats 8-0 yesterday and give the ball to 16-game winnerKyle Lohse (lohsh) today.

CINCINNATI (AP) -It's Mat Latos (LAY'-tohs) for Cincinnatiagainst Matt Cain of San Francisco in the decisive Game 5 of thatNL Division Series today. The Giants have won the last two games,hitting three home runs in an 8-3 win over the Reds yesterday.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)--The Oakland Athletics rallied with threeruns in the bottom of the ninth to beat Detroit 4-3 and tie theirAL Division Series at two games. After Seth Smith delivered atwo-run double to tie the game, he scored the winning run on a CocoCrisp walkoff RBI single off ace Tigers closer Jose Valverde(val-VAYR'-day).

NEW YORK (AP) -The New York Yankees used a pair of home runs by40-year-old Raul Ibanez (rah-OOL' ih-BAHN'-yehz) in their 3-2,12-inning win over Baltimore and a 2-1 lead in the AL DivisionSeries. Pinch-hitting for Alex Rodriguez, Ibanez delivered agame-tying homer in the ninth and then a walkoff homer in the 12th.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE:

San Francisco 6 Cincinnati 4 (San Francisco wins series, 3-2)

Washington 2 St. Louis 1 (series tied at 2-2)

WASHINGTON (AP)- Jayson Werth saved the Washington Nationalsseason with a line drive homer in the bottom of the ninth to givethe Nats a 2-1 win over St. Louis and force a decisive Game 5tonight in the Nation's Capital. The Nats hand the ball to 21-gamewinner Gio (JEE'-oh) Gonzalez against the Cards' Adam Wainwright.

CINCINNATI (AP) - The Washington-St. Louis winner will beplaying San Francisco in the NL Championship Series. The Giantsbecame the first NL team to overcome a 2-0 deficit in the divisionseries after beating Cincinnati 6-4 with Buster Posey's grand slamclimaxing a six-run fifth inning.

AMERICAN LEAGUE:

Baltimore 2 N.Y. Yankees 1, 13 innings (series tied at 2-2)

Detroit 6 Oakland 0 (Detroit wins series, 3-2)

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The Detroit Tigers rode a dominatingpitching performance from Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander tothe American League Championship Series. Verlander hurled afour-hitter and fanned 11 for his seventh complete game this yearin the Tigers' 6-0 Game 5 clinching victory over Oakland lastnight.

NEW YORK (AP) - New York ace CC Sabathia (suh-BATH'-ee-uh) goesfor the Yankees today in their decisive fifth game of their ALDivision Series against Baltimore, which will start Jason Hammeltoday. J.J. Hardy's RBI double in the 13th inning drove in thego-ahead run in the Orioles' 2-1 win over the Yankees last night totie the series.

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(LE MARS) -- Levi TeBrink threw a pair of touchdown passes to Gabe Rahn and also ran for a score to lead Le Mars to a 39-7 win over Storm Lake Friday night at Jim Lorenzen Field. The victory keeps the Bulldogs in control of their own playoff destiny as they try to secure home field advantage for the first round of the playoffs next Friday in their regular season finale at Carroll. Le Mars improved to 6-and-2 for the season and 4-and-1 in Class 3A District two play. TeBrink connected with Rahn on scoring passes of 28 and 24 yards in the first quarter as Le Mars built a 20-0 halftime lead. TeBrink gave the Bulldogs a 33-0 lead with a two yard TD-run in the third quarter. Travis Kinney scored twice for Le Mars on runs of three and one yard and Juan Hernandez added a three-yard run. The Dogs led 39-0 before Storm Lake finally tallied late in the game.

(ORANGE CITY) --Dalton DeHaan capped a 12-play, 74-yard fourth quarter drive with his third touchdown run of the game with 59-seconds to play to rally the Unity Christian Knights to a wild 38-34 win over Gehlen Catholic Friday night in a non-district football match-up at DeValois Field in Orange City. The Knights led 14-0 in the first quarter before Gehlen rallied to tie the score at 14-all on a Blake Wiltgen 17-yard TD pass to Michael Whitehead and a one yard TD run by Dominic Ellensohn. Unity scored the final ten points of the first half for a 24-14 lead at the break. A 47-yard TD pass to Aaron Jentz 37 seconds into the second half drew Gehlen to within 24-20. And the Jays went in front 27-24 on an 11-yard TD pass from Wiltgen to Whitehead with 11:16 to play in the game. That would start a wild exchange of touchdowns as Unity went back in front 31-27 on a five-yard run by DeHaan with 6:45 left. Jentz hauled in his second TD pass of the game with 4:21 remaining and the Jays reclaimed a 34-31 advantage before the Knights answered with the game winning drive and go-ahead touchdown with about a minute to play. Gehlen drove past the 50-yard line on their final possession of the game before an interception ended the Jays hopes and gave Unity Christian their first win of the season after an 0-and-7 start. Blake Wiltgen finished with four touchdown passes and 339 yards on 22-of-39. Dalton DeHaan scored three touchdowns for the Knights. Gehlen falls to 2-and-6. The Jays close out the season next Friday when they host number-three Emmetsburg at Jim Lorenzen Field.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Pete Kozma's two-out, two-run single in theninth inning completed an improbable comeback giving St. Louis a9-7 win over Washington to wrap up the NLDS. St. Louis trailed 6-0after three innings before staging a four-run ninth inning thatvaulted the Cardinals into the NLCS against San Francisco startingSunday. It'll be the Yankees and Tigers in the ALCS after CCSabathia (suh-BA'-thee-uh) pitched his first post-season completegame, tossing a four-hitter to lead the Yankees over Baltimore 3-1in the decisive Game 5 of the ALDS.

SATURDAY RESULTS - October 13

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Bishop Heelan Tournament (Le Mars went 3-and-1 on the day to improve to 23-and-12) (championship match: Nationally-rated Papillion-La Vista South beat Western Christian 2-0)

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NEW YORK (AP) - Delmon Young's rbi double in the 12th inningsnapped a 4-all tie and sent Detroit to a 6-4 win over the Yankeesin Game 1 of the ALCS. Young homered and drove in three runs tohelp overcome a two-out, two-run game-tying homer from the YankeesRaul Ibanez in the bottom of the ninth.

Yankee captain Derek Jeter broke his leg in the game and will be lost for the rest of the post season.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - David Freese and Carlos Beltran hit two-runhomers to help St. Louis build a six-run lead and go on to a 6-4win over San Francisco in Game 1 of the NLCS. St. Louis knocked outGiants starter Madison Bumgarner after just 3 2-3 innings. SanFrancisco has yet to win a home game in the post-season. In theALCS, the Detroit Tigers have taken a 2-0 lead by beating the NewYork Yankees again, 3-0.